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Rose Seedling Progress
By NailTech
@NailTech (6874)
United States
July 23, 2012 12:58pm CST
I planted like 500+ rose seeds that I harvested last year from two different rose plants here, and it seems this is the only one that sprouted. I'm not sure what color it will be, but either red or pink. Here it is in the midst or so of July and this big already, growing like a weed. I hope it survives the winter too later. Do you like red or pink roses better? Have you ever tried to grow these from seeds? It is rather difficult, I'll tell ya. The harvesting requires lots of cleaning, then stratification, and the right dirt, etc. This one was growing in very rocky soil at first though and when I put it in this better dirt it started growing better.
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@caseyluvsyah16 (74)
• Philippines
26 Jul 12
Wow that's going to be really beautiful! I envy you. If you my friend are a green thumb, I think I'm a black thumb :( Nothing I've planted survived. I even tried talking to my plants and all. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Maybe my soil is bad? LOL Anyway, I think a red rose is more pretty but if I get to grow them myself it will be pretty no matter the color because it's going to be a miracle! haha
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
26 Jul 12
Maybe you just aren't using the right soil or just haven't watered it enough cause it really doesn't take that much care sometimes to plant some things. Roses can be alittle more complicated especially from seeds, they are quite rare to grow from seed. I just did this experiment over last year to see what would happen. It did work with one seed out of maybe 500 or more, this is the miracle rose I call it from the two batches of roses I have here. I hope it survives the winter too, sometimes they can be cold here but not always though. Thanks for the compliment and the comment, and also the friend request!
@caseyluvsyah16 (74)
• Philippines
10 Aug 12
Oh, it's my pleasure. I know I'll get sensible discussions from you so I do benefit actually :) Hmmm...sounds very complicated. I hope I'll be able to find time to try gardening. They say it's very fulfilling. I would love to grow my own rose...*sigh
@anuraa32 (2446)
• India
10 Mar 13
Rose seed. You get rose seeds. How and where. I never knew you get rose seeds. I always thought they had to be saplings to be bought. I have never seen rose seeds anywhere.
But congratulations for your plants. I hope all of them have grown to be good plants.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
28 Mar 13
They are very rare to buy. There is a process you have to go through to get them from the plant after the bloom is done and the germination rate is low, normally. But as I had 1000 of them I ended up with a few plants that I hope will grow into this year again. Thank you for the well wishes for them.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
26 Jul 12
I've never heard of anyone starting them from seed. I've honestly never messed around with a rosehip enough. I've only known roses to be grafted onto stock. Though I never understood where they get the grafted rootstock from and if one could try that at home?
I've had red and various pink-peachish roses. I don't really have a preference. But I will say that my pink roses have outlasted my red roses.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
26 Jul 12
Yes they can be grown from seed, I started this experiment last year. Just decided to try it, I guess out of boredom, LOL. I sold some of the seed too but I wonder if any of them grew. I don't think rafting them would be a good idea for me, I just can't get the jist of that either. It would be worse than growing from seed for me. Maybe I'll try this again with the stratification being in a little more colder temperature atmosphere for three months, I don't think they were cold enough out on the porch as we had a mild winter.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
24 Jul 12
No, they can indeed be grown from seeds. I have only tried this once. The flowers die off and they leave the pods after awhile. Do not cut those off til they are a brown or orange color. They are really difficult to grow from seed, so be careful with using your judgement on the pods and digging them out. It is not an easy task, it takes alot of dedication, patience and love of the flower itself.
